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2011-08-21 12:00
How to determine code coverage of a running program on the fly?
A new HOWTO at the OSADL Website knows more
2011-06-12 12:00
Not yet registered at the Summer School in Linz, Austria?
Do not miss talks by international experts on formal code analysis, Linux real-time and safety.
2011-05-19 12:00
Linux real-time news from San Francisco
Thomas Gleixner at the Embedded Linux Conference 2011 |
Embedded World 2012
Open Source Software for Automation and Other Industries
- Need a Linux driver?
Once upon a time, a project manager ...
Project Manager: "We need to get someone to develop a Linux driver for our new machine controller. Here's a purchase order for the work."
Purchase Department: "Okay. Let me check the purchase order to make sure it follows our standard procedure: NDA to be executed, source going into company's safe ... "
Project Manager: "Nope, we're going with Open Source - source gets published to the Internet."
Purchase Department: "What? We're paying for the development but the source code goes out to the Internet? If everybody can use the source code, why are we the only ones paying for this? No way this can fly!"
The solution: OSADL
Open Source is a way to get a broader community to help with development and to share in its costs. OSADL allows those members interested in developing particular Open Source software to come together in an OSADL project supported by membership fees. With the agreement of a majority of members, OSADL can delegate the development of Open Source software components. Thus, what is (financially) impossible for the individual (company), many (OSADL members) can do.
Hot topics
- OSADL Legal Seminar in Hannover, Germany, Nov 30 to Dec 1, 2011
- Real Time Linux Quality Assurance
- Real-Time Linux Workshop 2012 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA